Current Obsessions: The Joy of Color

We have color and joy on the brain this weekend: pretty palettes, rose arbors, cherry-topped cakes, pattern plays galore. And, of course, blue and orange, too. (Let’s go, Knicks!) Above: Photograph by Caroline Parkel, from A Textile Collector’s Colorful Family Apartment in Copenhagen: At Home with C
Read MoreA Textile Collector’s Colorful Family Apartment in Copenhagen: At Home with Cecilie Stöger Nachman

I first learned of the work of Cecilie Stöger Nachman through a collaboration she once did with Copenhagen children’s store Studio Mini. Through Nachmans, Cecilie’s “own small online universe”, she creates handmade objects from her archive of vintage printed fabrics. I promptly bought one of her fab
Read MoreKitchen of the Week: At Home with a Couple Who Design Kitchens of Sustainable Bamboo

When you design and produce kitchens for a living, you get to use your own quarters as a testing ground. Kine Ask Stenersen and Kristoffer Eng are the couple behind Ask og Eng, the Oslo, Norway-based workshop known for its artful Ikea hacks: they specialize in making bamboo fronts for Ikea kitchen c
Read More“Objects with Actual Personality”: Posters, Patterned Fabrics, and More at Fine Little Day

Swedish artist/photographer Elisabeth Dunkel was finishing her masters’s in design when she began posting snapshots of daily delights: pine needles, paper dolls made with her kids, a collage of photo booth portraits, a pink cuckoo clock. Fine Little Day, as Elisabeth dubbed her blog in 2007, quickly
Read More10 Easy Pieces: The New Nordic Sofa

A lineup of notable sofas from the successors of Scandi designers such as Børge Mogensen, Carl Hansen, Hans Wegner, Finn Juhl, and Bruno Mathsson. Here’s a look at our favorite sofas, the new Nordic edition. Above: Newer brand Feld is founded by Jeppe Christensen of Blēo, Reform, and Common. Based o
Read MoreRemodelista Reconnaissance: A Swedish Rug in a Brooklyn Workspace

Have you been admiring this Cobble Hill production office, designed by Elizabeth Roberts, as much as we have? If so, you might also be eyeing the deep blue rug underfoot. It’s from the Mansour Modern Swedish collection, Fan reports, but which one of the midcentury Swedish flatweaves is it? Let’s tak
Read MoreYou Are Here: Majamaja, an Off-Grid Retreat in the Finnish Archipelago

You’d be forgiven for thinking this off-grid, on-the-water retreat is in some far-flung spot in Finland. But no: It’s just a hop, skip, and a jump—or car, bicycle, public transport, or boat jaunt—from downtown Helsinki. First imagined by Finnish architect Pekka Littow and launched as a three-month p
Read MoreFather’s Day Gift Guide: 10 Tips from a Dad with Great Taste

What in the world does dad want? Since 2020, we’ve been turning to Remodelista contributor Myles Tipley annually for the answers. Like most fathers, Myles at first claims he can’t think of a thing. But then he shoots us an astonishingly specific, annotated wish list, all of which we immediately cove
Read MoreQuick Takes With: Ella Quittner

You’ve probably seen Ella’s buzzy new book, Obsessed with the Best, on prominent display in bookstores and around the cooler corners of the Internet. But did you know she first started writing for Remodelista? (It’s true.) We’re happy to have that small claim to her fame, especially now that Ella’s
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Ahead this weekend: Scandi itineraries, newly opened gardens, and strawberry season in sight. Read on: Above: Our collective obsession: kitchens by Loose Parts. See more in this week’s Kitchen(s) of the Week: Freestanding Cabinetry by Loose Parts in Upstate NY. Photograph by Jonathan Hökklo. When t
Read More Against Cultural Flattening: Creative Retreats as the New Way to Travel

This past March, The Wall Street Journal‘s “Craft Retreats Are the New Burnout Cure” caught our attention. It’s something we’ve noticed among friends, too: traveling to Sicily to finally take up basketry from a favorite weaver, making cheese and yogurt in the Basque mountains, and so forth. This sty
Read MoreKitchen(s) of the Week: Freestanding Cabinetry by Loose Parts in Upstate NY

Jennifer June creates kitchens that are purpose-built, great-looking, and made to last. And those are but a few of the reasons to admire what she does. June is both an interior designer and a cabinetmaker, a useful if uncommon combination. She’s also a teacher at Parsons School of Design, her alma m
Read MoreKitchen(s) of the Week: Freestanding Cabinetry by Loose Parts Designs in Upstate NY

Jennifer June creates kitchens that are purpose-built, great-looking, and made to last. And those are but a few of the reasons to admire what she does. June is both an interior designer and a cabinetmaker, a useful if uncommon combination. She’s also a teacher at Parsons School of Design, her alma m
Read MoreMy Beautiful Luncheonette: La Cantine in Bushwick

A bakery and lunch spot by day and a small bistro and natural wine bar by night, La Cantine is located on a gritty-ish corner of Bushwick, an on-the-up neighborhood in Brooklyn. For the interiors, owners Ioana Hercberg, a transplanted Parisian, and her partner, chef Raymond Lyons, worked with French
Read More10 Easy Pieces: Dining Tables on Wheels

An idea worth considering: a dining table on wheels, especially if you’re lucky enough to have an indoor/outdoor situation. You could DIY a version or go with one of the 10 options we’ve sourced here, many of which take cues from restaurant kitchens, science labs, classrooms, and Shaker prep tables.
Read MoreA Poetic Tea Room in Taipei Designed By Homework Studio

Homework Studio of Taipei, Taiwan, creates interiors that evoke intriguing, hard-to-pinpoint earlier eras: see, for instance, the Homework Photo Studio and A Childhood Apartment Updated. Wolf Tea’s new location in Taipei’s historic Dadaocheng district is another standout. Located on the ground floor
Read MoreRemodelista Reconnaissance: Streetwear-Inspired Striped Linens in a City Flat

Nothing says summer like throwing some striped sheets on the bed. Like these, for example, spotted recently in a Barcelona flat, more oversized-men’s-button-down than twee cottage, cool enough for a city summer. The Sighting Above: The ideal summer city bedroom, simple and inviting, as seen in ’70s
Read MoreA Sculptural Micro-Volume Apartment in Paris by Studio Pauline Borgia

In Paris’ 5th arrondissement, architect Pauline Borgia has reimagined a 230-square-foot studio apartment on Rue de la Bûcherie for a pair of young Americans studying in Paris. Known for her sculptural approach to small spaces, Borgia transformed the one-room apartment into a series of distinct yet f
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Welcome to Psst, where each month the Remodelista and Gardenista editors share an inside look at what we’ve been reading, watching, coveting, pinning, visiting, and otherwise loving lately. Without further ado, a glimpse of what we’ve been up to in May: Photographs by editors, except where noted. Ab
Read More Current Obsessions: Weekend Lull

Ahead this weekend: a St. Tropez exhibit, meandering paths through spring’s greenery, and a smart hack for a wheel-away TV. Read on: Above: Weekend plans, courtesy of A Historic House in Béziers by Doux Août and Architect Maria Masgård. Photography by Doux Août of La Maison B. Now on view online and
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